The feeling of having free will is deep in us and we are reluctant to give it up for ourselves-but we are often willing to deny it to others! (Richard Hamming)

The feeling of having free will is deep in us and we are reluctant to give it up for ourselves-but we are often willing to deny it to others!

Richard Hamming

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